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<br />Ben Kendall„ 18
<br />Son of John and Victoria Kendall
<br />Project,: Rierniove. an invasive species, pulrple
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<br />Why Scouting? There was a kid'. on my block who
<br />was in Cub Scouts, back in first grade. What made
<br />me stick with it was that I loved 'it,. We're alll good
<br />kids that have a strong base of morals through
<br />Scouting, but we screw around 'a lot. You put a
<br />bunch of kids in the woods with pocketknives and
<br />matches... ,. we have a goold time..
<br />G,roissest thing that ever ha�ppe,nedl? Knife or axe
<br />injuries„ you cut wood an+dl everyone wiggles, — they
<br />always cut something off. You 41 re all like, I'm going
<br />to carve a stick into a spear .. and you take a chunk
<br />of your fingler.
<br />How do you take care of your' badges? I keep my
<br />uniform, my merit badge sash and my order of the
<br />arrow sash alll Ihungl up on the far left side of my
<br />closet; that's my little area. I've sewed a couple of
<br />them; my mlom at the point of sixth grade told me I
<br />was on my own — so I got, some of that glue patch
<br />stuff.
<br />What part of Scouting do you think is most,
<br />impressive to girls? My first Scoutmaster told us
<br />why every boy should get Eagle, so when you meet
<br />your girlfrienild's parents for the first time, you'd
<br />fiddle through your wallet, and drop your Eagle card
<br />on the floor.. Some girls, especially at the high
<br />school'Ievel, might view Scouting as nerdy, but
<br />some girls, might', think it's cool.
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<br />Joe Mein, 17'
<br />Son of Chris, and Lori Me-in
<br />Project: Helped organize and rebuild' Falcon
<br />Heights Elementary School's new playground
<br />Why Scouting? My cousin got his Eagle Scout, and I
<br />thought that was cool, so I joined Cub Scouts and
<br />just stuck with it.
<br />Funniest Scouting memory? In the Boundary
<br />Waters, I' thought the water was only about a foot
<br />deep, and I Jumped out of the canoe, and the water
<br />was, like, 61,7 feet.... I was very surprised.
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<br />What part of Scouting would be most impressive
<br />to girls? Can't really use stuff from Scouting as a
<br />pickup line, but you can tell them that you whittled a
<br />lot of stufft like, "I've got a big knife."
<br />JosePh IMluelller, 18
<br />Son of David and Lori Mueller
<br />Project: Built 115 transport boxes for the University
<br />of Minnesota's Raptor Center
<br />Why Scouting? I just wanted to be. just life my dad,
<br />and my friends, joined it, and it looked like fun. My
<br />dad's an Eagle Scout. 1 always wanted to beat my dad
<br />in the number, of merit badges that I earned', besides
<br />Eagle,. He earned 59 badges, beating his dad's
<br />number.)
<br />The patch you saw and knew you had to
<br />Rifle shooting and smafl-boat sailing, those two 1:
<br />definitely had to have. Saw them probably when I
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<br />was in siXth grade.
<br />Grossest memory from Scouting? I've been on a
<br />few trips where it rained every single day, 2417,
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